This document lays out some key findings from a survey that was distributed to Texas school districts School Board Members and Superintendents that particpated in the Lone Star Governance (LSG) 2-day workshop training. The first response was record on 06/03/2019, and the most recent response was recorded on 06/24/2019.
* = To be discussed in meeting.
129 applicable responses to the LSG survey
There are 143 survey respondent(s) in the dataset. 6 respondent(s) consented, but did not fill out the survey. 7 respondent(s) did not consent to the survey. 1 respondent(s) opened the survey, but did not fill out any portion. Therefore, there were a total of 129 applicable responses to the LSG survey.
Please note that, of these 129 respondents, 24% of respondents completed less than half of the survey
The following districts did not provide any responses to the survey:
In total, how many years have you served in this role for this LEA?
How many school board meetings have you attended during the 2018-19 school year (including only full school board meetings that are open to the public)?
In 2018-19, to what extent have the following groups of stakeholders provided input to the school board regarding development of goals or vision?
To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the following statements regarding school board discussions?
Note: Gray cells represent lower agreeance with the items (columns). The responses are separated by district (rows)
How often does your school board engage in the following monitoring activities?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about operating procedures of the school board and superintendent
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding LSG
In total, how many years have you served in this role for this LEA?
How many school board meetings have you attended during the 2018-19 school year (including only full school board meetings that are open to the public)?
In 2018-19, to what extent have the following groups of stakeholders provided input to the school board regarding development of goals or vision?
To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the following statements regarding school board discussions?
How often does your school board engage in the following monitoring activities?
Note: Gray cells represent lower agreeance with the items (columns). The responses are separated by district (rows)
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about operating procedures of the school board and superintendent
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding LSG
In 2018-19, to what extent have the following groups of stakeholders provided input to the school board regarding development of goals or vision?
To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the following statements regarding school board discussions?
How often does your school board engage in the following monitoring activities?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about operating procedures of the school board and superintendent
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding LSG
Has your school board developed and adopted a vision for the LEA?
Has your school board adopted goals related to student outcomes that are currently being used?
Are these Goals S.M.A.R.T.?
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-based
In the text boxes below, please provide examples of two of the goals related to student outcomes that the school board has in place for the 2018-19 school year.
Strong S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Weak S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Please send any questions to Neil Yetz, MPH at nyetz@air.org